My goal is to love my husband, to love my (daycare and future) children, to be discreet, chaste, keeper at home, good, and obedient to my own husband, as directed in Titus 2.

Even With Toddlers, Silence Can Be Golden

I am sure you have seen one of these before. It might have looked slightly different, or have been worded slightly different, but it was generally the same idea.

I get that they are kind of funny, and in some cases can be quite true. But not always, and it seems like kind of a cynical take on caring for small children.

I have mentioned before that I have been blessed with daycare kids that are very well behaved. Last summer when I was watching all three kids, I was putting the baby down for a nap while the girls (both two years old at the time) were playing in the playroom. He was a fussy baby so it took awhile and when I went into check on the girls this is how I found them:

Yup, snuggled up in bed reading Dr. Seuss (or at least a not-quite-as-good abridged version) quietly. I have been able to have them play quietly in their playroom since they were about 20 months old. I mean every once in a while I would have to break up a fight, and I had to help them clean up their toys, but I never came in and found them climbing the shelves, or ripping up books, or even just taking the flash cards off the wall. Sometimes when I watch other kids, it throws me off how much I have to stay on top of them to keep them from scaling the furniture.

I have no idea why both girls I watch(ed) are so well behaved. I don’t really care why, I just am happy they are so awesome! Actually I care a little, whatever it is that their parents, or I, or some combination of all of us, did that made them so easygoing, I would like to know what it is, so I can use the tricks on future kids!